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NSMBUDX getting more sales than Smash? What is the UK on!?

The best thing about MK Wii is how wide open it is to mods (thanks in part to Brawl modding community figuring out formats and tools.) It might not be as nice graphically as MK8DX, but it holds up pretty well with hundreds of custom tracks, plenty of which are actually really good. All the retro tracks you could want, some future tracks ported back, and some really original designs.
Also, it may have been a gimmick, but the wheel was FUN. My dad doesn't play many games, but he can control MarioKart with a wheel.

I enjoyed Zelda 1 way more than I expected. But at this point, I don't care about any more NES games that could be added but EarthBound Beginnings.
I never had a Wii U. Is it too much to ask that one Mother game becomes legally playable on the Switch?

I think critics just watch too many movies. So when a movie does something surprising, they'll like it regardless of its faults. And when a movie seems to stick mostly to a formula they're tired of, they'll pan it regardless of its strengths.
Hence them liking art movies and not pop culture stuff.

@westman98 The GameCube had the GameBoy Player. They could totally make a Switch 3DS player "cartridge" or USB peripheral if they wanted. I doubt it, but the Switch has basically all the needed controls and more.

@rjejr I used the Joy-con grip for MONTHS before shelling out for a Pro Controller, mostly for Smash.

I still find two Joy-cons and a grip more comfortable for Octopath Traveler, actually.

@Solid_Stannis Look, I'm all for more solid dungeons, but leaving the plateau in Breath of the Wild gave me the exact same feeling as a bit after leaving the sanctuary in Link to the Past, when you realize a huge world just opened up for you.

People keep saying the eShop needs an update, but it has a wishlist, which is more than the Epic store does!

You cheated not only the game, but yourself.

You didn’t grow.
You didn’t improve.
You took a shortcut and gained nothing.

You experienced a hollow victory.
Nothing was risked and nothing was gained.

It’s sad that you don’t know the difference.

Reggie's worked himself pretty hard, and with Iwata dead and Sakurai always working himself into poor health, you've got to figure he's getting more and more aware of the toll.
I can't blame him for wanting to get out while he still can. I don't think there's anything particularly suspicious about that.

What are the odds on them ever releasing EarthBound Beginnings? They localized it for the Wii U VC, so it shouldn't be too hard to port over, but now that we've left the dark ages Nintendo's probably forgotten the Mother series again.
At least Sakurai remembers.

@Edu23XWiiU That's what I thought until I played Mania. And ended up beating it. (Never got all the Chaos emeralds, though.)

With a modern continues system it was pretty easy to slowly get better at each zone and move to the next. I could hardly beat the first level of Sonic 1 or 2.

@Susurrus Surely if you're on a plane you should be able to guess 747? 😛

@Balta666 I'm pretty interested in trying Star Tropics myself, because I've heard a lot about it. Of course, I already heard the code from the people online recommending it.

I was born in '99. I've been enjoying Zelda 1 - with an online guide to make up for having no manual - far more than I expected (I've played BotW now, and 1's age is pretty obviously showing) and far more than I did as a kid playing it on Wii VC before I'd even played Skyward Sword.

The tweet: "Pokemon soon"

The joke: "Sun + Moon = Soon"

Everyone missing the joke: absolutely hilarious.

Mario Kart Wii's modding scene was great. MK8D is gorgeous and the tracks are all solid (and there's more than Wii without mods), but sometimes I miss the hundreds of custom tracks.

New Jet Set Radio.

@zool Tropical Freeze was challenging, sure, but I don't think it was too hard. In some ways it was more fair than Returns (looking at you, rocket barrels! Also minecarts I guess. But mostly rocket barrels.)
Okay, the temple levels were pretty crazy. But DKC bonus content has always been stupid hard. Really, I have no clue how I managed to complete all of Returns.

Kirby, on the other hand, seems to go by too quickly. Kirby games are a bit more casual and aimed at a younger audience, so I can forgive it for being easier, even if they may have gone a bit far. What it really needed was more content.

@DarkSithDoom sure, it's going to be ultimate, and I don't expect them to be rushing DLC out the door.

But I definitely see potential for DLC characters later on. There's already such a large roster that it would be way better to expand it than to start a new game and work out what can be kept.

@Kirgo Now that the virtual console doesn't exist, I'm pretty sure there are actual NES games in the eShop that these wouldn't work for.

@Cobalt You absolutely still can "have a team of three dudes make a game". The Switch even has a few ports of games made by one person - Stardew Valley, Cave Story, probably some random eShop games that are much less famous... Of course, Minecraft's days of being made by Notch and Notch alone are long gone.
Sure, they're not as "big" or "shiny" as AAA games, but people like them anyway. Extremely indie games are still alive and well.

I just want the Solaire amiibo, honestly.

Yeah, a RCT Classic port would've been way better.
The Switch will just end up starved for good theme park tycoon games, I'm afraid. Planet Coaster is way too graphically heavy - even for many PCs! Much better for Frontier to focus their efforts on more content for now.
And Parkitect, which is probably my favorite, was running right against the limits of Unity on PC. The developers have been optimizing, but there's only one main programmer, and only so much he can do. Even though he likes the idea of a Switch port, right now it's not feasible.